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ASME PTC 50 |
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Organization |
American Society of Mechanical Engineers Note: ASME is a worldwide engineering society, and many of its standards are recognized internationally. |
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Identification |
ASME PTC 50 |
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Scope |
This Code provides test procedures, methods and definitions
for the performance characterization of fuel cell power systems. Fuel cell
power systems include all components required in the conversion of input fuel
and oxidizer into output electrical and thermal energy. Performance
characterization of fuel systems includes evaluating system energy inputs and
electrical and thermal outputs to determine fuel-to-electrical energy
conversion efficiency and where applicable the overall thermal effectiveness.
These efficiencies will be determined to an absolute uncertainty of less than
± 2% at a 95% confidence level. (For example, for a calculated efficiency of
40%, the true value lies between 38% and 42%.) |
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Published December 2002. |
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